Archive – Circulation Coins / Blanks

Bi-coloured coins are popular and seen as attractive. They are, though, expensive due to a complex production process. Mark Shaw explains how this process could be simplified and thus become much more cheaper.
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Who could imagine that German 1 and 2 euro cents are struck on Russian blanks? This article which was first published in the Mint News Quarterly addresses some odd inconsistencies in the German blank acquisition policy.
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